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Windows 7 Minimum Performance Options for OBS Studio Window Capture

Windows 7 Minimum Performance Settings for OBS Studio Window Capture

by Dave Loebig ♦

For anybody using OBS Studio on Windows 7, here are the minimum performance settings to get OBS Window Capture to work. You need to turn on these settings:

  • Enable desktop composition
  • Use visual styles on windows and buttons

Win 7 Performance Settings

This info came from experimenting, not a deep dive into the technical bits.